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HR0569 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Edward H. King is retiring from Walgreen Co. in
3 Deerfield after serving as Director of Government of Community
4 Relations since 2000 and as Director of Trade and Corporate
5 Relations from 1978 to 2000; and
 
6     WHEREAS, He earlier worked as an attorney with Donovan,
7 Freese & March in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as Project Director for
8 Disaster Recovery Assistance and Executive Director of the
9 Northern Oklahoma Development Association in Enid, Oklahoma,
10 and as Chief Legislative Assistant to U. S. Senator Dewey F.
11 Bartlett; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Mr. King received his Bachelor of Arts degree in
13 1968 from the University of Tulsa and his Juris Doctorate in
14 1972 from the University of Tulsa College of Law; he is a
15 member of the Oklahoma Bar Association; and
 
16     WHEREAS, He has served as Vice Chairperson of the Illinois
17 Retail Merchants Association and as a board member of the
18 California Retail Association, the Association of Iowa
19 Merchants, the Wisconsin Merchants Federation, the New York
20 Retail Association, and the Florida Retail Federation; he has
21 served on the Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Planning
22 Council of Chicago, as a board member of the Transportation
23 Management Association on Lake-Cook Road, and as a member of
24 the Economic Club of Chicago; and
 
25     WHEREAS, Mr. King is a Lifetime Member of Rotary
26 International and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary
27 International Foundation; he has received the Options for
28 People-Joseph G. Kelly Memorial Award and the National Family
29 Partnership Enrique Camarena Award; therefore, be it
 
30     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we congratulate Edward H. King on his retirement after his long
3 and distinguished career at Walgreen Co. and we thank him for
4 his many contributions to the community; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to Mr. King with our best wishes.